Lit Watch


March 21, 2023

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Chancery Court recently issued a lengthy opinion in In Re McDonald's Corporation Stockholder Derivative…

February 17, 2023

The judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals have affirmed a ruling from the Southern District of New Jersey that found a shipping company failed…

February 08, 2023

The justices of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island had to decide whether the policy definition of "pollutant" was ambiguous

January 31, 2023

The debate before the Sixth Circuit rested on a single difference in opinion: were the damages sought in the opioid suits against Quest "because of bodily injury" under the policies from Motorists and Westfield?

January 18, 2023

The major question before the Supreme Court of Minnesota was whether the statutory presumption applied at the time of the employee's diagnosis or only after legal proof of the diagnosis.

January 16, 2023

The "reservations of rights" letters from the insurers made nonspecific references to policy exclusions that may or may not preclude coverage for the insureds.

January 13, 2023

The case is being sent back down to lower courts for deliberation after the Missouri Supreme Court found that Geico should have a chance to defend itself against the claims.

January 10, 2023

The "reservations of rights" letters from the insurers made nonspecific references to policy exclusions that may or may not preclude coverage for the insureds.

January 09, 2023

"The lawsuit alleged, among other things, that the landline telephone assets that Spinco and FairPoint received in exchange for their cash, stock and debt securities were effectively worthless and made Spinco and FairPoint immediately insolvent at the time of the transactions," said McKenna.

January 06, 2023

In October 2022, an Illinois jury handed down a first-of-its-kind verdict holding BNSF Railway Company liable for no fewer than 45,600 reckless or intentional violations of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).